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Like the TV show "Medium" "Ghost Whisperer" is inspired
by James Van Praagh a medium and paranormal investigator
Mary Ann Winkowski. Jennifer Love Hewitt stars as Melinda
Gordon who has the unique ability (well, not so unique after
all since Allison Dubois from "Medium" also has this gift.maybe
it's something in the water) to communicate with souls who
haven't transitioned to the next level and reach the afterlife.
Melinda is assisted by her husband Jim (David Conrad) and
a lawyer Andrea Moreno (Aisha Tyler). The trio manages to
help those souls cross over but not before they discover
what mystery keeps the soul from moving on whether it be
saying goodbye to someone they love or a murder mystery
that must be solved. As all shows of this type must have
a villain we get the "Wide Brim Hat Man" who has his own
agenda in wanting to oppose Melinda. He's a pretty nasty
character. ***
I'll admit I had never seen the series despite liking
Hewitt before it came to DVD but I did find the show as
compelling in its own way as "Medium". I was surprised at
how much I enjoyed the show. ---
Image & Sound:
We get an anamorphic widescreen transfer that looks
extremely good with nice vivid colors and sharp images.
Occasional edge enhancement, pixilation and aliasing occur
indicating that the transfer wasn't given quite as much
care as it could have had. Still the show looks quite good
and most fans won't notice these flaws. ***
The audio track is presented in the 5.1 digital surround
format and sounds quite good. The surround tracks are used
extremely well in some of the episodes that are more action
driven. Overall dialogue comes across crisp and clear. ---
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